Example sentences of "was doing the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was doing the cake judging for us , as he always does , every year . |
| 2 | As a film like Scandal , which dealt with the Profumo affair , might make young people go back and check out more about what was happening in the early sixties , so I was doing the same in terms of the fifties . |
| 3 | ‘ When I arrived at the river I was n't at all sure I was doing the right thing because the water temperature was 4.1 degrees Centigrade and the air temperature was 1.8 degrees , ’ said Les . |
| 4 | Amusingly , the car is so big that when the team was doing the full-size tape and paint drawings , the normal rolls were not long enough . |
| 5 | Now he was doing the job he was trained for , treating real patients . |
| 6 | ‘ I looked for a single builder , because I wanted to work closely with someone while I was doing the ‘ unpicking ’ myself , ’ Timothy says . |
| 7 | And finally , it brought on that rich cast of wooden-topped rustics , the Starkadders , with Aunt Ada Doom in the star part , not to speak of the simpleton whose main pleasure in life was doing the washing up , or as he called it , clettering the dishes with his liddle mop . |
| 8 | I always knew it probably could n't last because nothing goes on forever , but in that time , I had a great time in New York , and it seemed at one point that everyone was there when David was doing the week at the Universal Amphitheatre . |
| 9 | My impression was that since it was to be held in London , Angela was doing the work , with a good deal of help from colleagues at Yeo Davis . |
| 10 | In a way , the three of them were like moles , digging their way to the surface looking for freedom , coincidentally at the same time that counter-culture was doing the same and searching for heroes . |
| 11 | I was doing the Mujahadeen side for Life and one day I thought it would be a great story to be in Kabul when it fell , to see it from the Mujahadeen side . |
| 12 | When they left , however , and I made the decision to stay , I knew it might be hard for me but I knew also that I was doing the right thing . |
| 13 | If Roger From the Practice was doing the post-mortem , thought Henry , he should be OK . |
| 14 | If God would provide accommodation for my family while I was away , preferably with friends , and convince my parents that I was doing the right thing , then I would know that the trip was on . |
| 15 | Now that she was doing the crawl ( painfully ) she barged into people all the time . |
| 16 | Nellie was doing the same at the other side . |
| 17 | He hesitated , wondering if he was doing the right thing by telling her . |
| 18 | The great fun was doing the pulling which seemed to be an essential part of the process . |
| 19 | Since everyone else was doing the same , there was no point in chivalrously remaining behind to be captured . |
| 20 | On the part of the Governors ’ ; Sewell was doing the governors ' bidding . |
| 21 | ‘ When I got home , the doctor came and said of course she could n't cook , so I was doing the cooking . |
| 22 | We had been on holiday in Scotland and I was doing the washing on the Monday when suddenly a huge black cloud seemed to descend — a mass of fear , anxiety and utter depression . ’ |
| 23 | I went down from the upper grandstand as fast as I could , which was far too slowly because everyone else was doing the same thing . |
| 24 | Susan was doing the washing up and Simon had insisted on helping her |
| 25 | I was doing the scrubbing and Changez was miserably holding the bucket in the deserted shop and asking me if I had any more Harold Robbins novels he could borrow . |
| 26 | I had already sent him a book , examples of my work , a letter about why and how I was doing the book , all for the sake of just one short interview . |
| 27 | At every level the lines of communication were with the central authority , not with the official who was doing the same job in the adjacent district . |
| 28 | That , says Prue , helped convince her partners she was doing the right thing . |
| 29 | She commented , ‘ His disclosure showed clearly that whoever was doing the physical tapping , the government had access to the end result . ’ |
| 30 | Stone said nothing for a moment , staring at the CI5 man , perhaps still not sure of whether or not he was doing the right thing . |